timothy ridout

Fuchs: Selection of Fantasy Études for solo viola

JS Bach/Kodaly: Fantasia Cromatica in D minor BWV 903

Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola Op.25 No.1

JS Bach: Chaconne from the Partita No.2 in D minor BWV 1004

Selected as a BBC New Generation Artist in 2019 Timothy is one of the most sought after violists of his generation.

This season Timothy appears as soloist with the Orchestre National de Lille, Salzburg Camerata, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Tapiola Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National Bordeaux, Aachen Symphony and Siberian State Symphony Orchestras. He records for the Harmonia Mundi Nova series and with L’ Orchestre de Lausanne for Claves Records.

Other highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, Auditorium du Louvre and the Lucerne Festival. He takes part in the Lockenhaus, Heimbach and Kronberg Festivals, collaborating with Isabel Faust, Janine Jansen, Kian Soltani, Benjamin Grosvenor, Lars Vogt, Nicolas Altstaedt and Christian Tetzla, among many others. Further aeld he returns to Japan and joins the Marlboro Academy in the USA on the invitation of Mitsuko Uchida.

Over the last year Timothy has made his debut with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, undertaken a residency with Baden-Baden Philharmonie, and performed the Walton Concerto with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under the auspices of the Orpheum Foundation. He has worked with conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, David Zinman, Gabor Takács-Nagy, Sylvain Cambrelling, Jamie Phillips and Sir Andras Schi.

During 2019 he collaborated with Steven Isserlis, Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk, the Quatuor Arod and Nash Ensemble at Wigmore Hall and made his debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin,Heidelberger-Frühling,MontpelierandAspen MusicFestivals. Soughtafteras a chamber musician Timothy took part in festivals across Europe including the Bergen, Rosendal, Evian, Boswil Sommer, Musikdorf-Ernen and Molyvos Festivals.

In 2016 Timothy won 1st Prize in the Lionel Tertis Competition and was selected by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT). Other prizes include the 2019 Thierry Scherz Award at the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad and 1st Prize at the 2014 Cecil Aronowitz Competition.

Born in London in 1995, Timothy studied at the Royal Academy of Music graduating with the Queen’s Commendation for Excellence. He completed his Masters at the Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai in 2019 and in 2018 took part in Kronberg Academy’s Chamber Music Connects the World.

Timothy plays on a viola by Peregerino di Zanetto c.1565-75 generously on loan from Beares International Violin Society.